Posted on 07/07/2022 12:17:38 PM PDT by grundle
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg charged a bodega worker with murder when he clearly acted in self defense.
51-year-old Jose Alba stabbed his attacker several times in self-defense and now he’s at Rikers Island jail facing a murder charge.
Alba fatally stabbed Austin Simon, 35, a career criminal who violently attacked him behind the counter last Friday night.
According to reports, Austin Simon’s girlfriend got into an argument with Alba after her EBT card was declined when she tried to purchase a bag of chips.
The disgruntled woman then left the bodega, ran home and returned with her boyfriend – and that’s when the confrontation escalated.
According to Alba’s defense lawyer, the 32-year-old woman took a knife out of her purse and stabbed the bodega worker in the shoulder, the New York Post reported.
She is not facing charges for stabbing Jose Alba – But Jose Alba is facing a second-degree murder charge for fatally stabbing Austin Simon – AFTER the assailants stabbed him and violently attacked him.
Alba’s family says he was in fear for his life and acted in self-defense.
Video at https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1545074624127729665
The New York Post reported:
A hard-working Manhattan bodega clerk who was forced to grab a knife to fend off a violent ex-con, now finds himself sitting behind bars at the notorious Rikers Island jail charged with murder and unable to post $250,000 bail.
The sky-high bail for Jose Alba — who has no known criminal history — was just half of what controversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office demanded, despite surveillance video showing the clerk being assaulted by his alleged victim in the bodega.
Alba, 51, was charged with the fatal stabbing of Austin Simon, 35, who can be seen storming behind the counter at the Hamilton Heights Grocery on Broadway and West 139th Street to attack the store worker Friday night.
“It was either him or the guy at the moment,” Alba’s daughter Yulissa told The Post Wednesday, saying it was a case of self-defense.
“He’s never hurt anybody. He’s never had an altercation where he had to defend himself. This is the first time for him.”
Just like in Kenosha County, the local prosecutors are part of the violent gang, going after the victim when one of their gang members or Antifa thugs get take out.
But of course. This DA is one of those Soros backed liberal types, from what I hear. Self defense is considered a criminal offense to such a liberal DA.
This guy was attacked by a career criminal who violently attacked him behind the counter?
And they throw this innocent in a cage? Gezuz..It’s unreal.
He gets stabbed 1st and gets charged with murder for fearing his own bodily injury and feared for his life.
That freakin’ DA needs to be REMOVED and I mean NOW.
damned ridiculous
Trump should post his bail.
There should be serious consequences for this sort of behavior.
If NY had an Attorney general that could read and was sighted, he would Take this case away from the scumbag DA, dismiss all charges with Prejudice, then Charge the Scumbag DA as an Accessory to Murder after the fact.
The “New Norm”.
Criminal behavior is legal.
Defending oneself against criminal behavior is a crime.
The bizarre world of modern liberalism.
Sad day
Avoid New York
This s**t goes on all the time. American justice is eff up off the rails...Double standard has become routine. If his attacker was a white guy there would be no charges.
Real power is the power to punish the innocent.
Career Criminal ….. can’t be killing off career criminals ….. defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges loose business and money when a career criminal can no longer come to court
If Lee Zeldin had even one working testicle, he’d make the freedom of Jose Alba his front and center issue.
I pray Lee Zeldin becomes Governor of NY.
He has already stated that he will fire Bragg on his first day.
The only reason the bail is $250,000.00 and not the currently standard amount of $1.00 for standard miscreants and repeat offenders is that, were he to be released, he would be free to talk to conservative press outlets, (justifiably) making the DA look bad.
Notice: the dindu nuffin and his girlfriend with the broken EBT card get off scot-free. "It's FREE! Swipe your EBT! It's FREE!"
The left is quietly creating and grooming America’s version of the “Zanu PF” that runs loose in Zimbabwe.
They have to recall this Bragg bastard. He’s a racist and biased criminal who is helping other violent criminals terrorize the general public.
Hispanics should turn on mayor Adams in droves as a result.
New York scum vote for scum...overwhelmingly.
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